Cotton-planter.



B. SAWYER.

GOTTON PLANTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAE. 5, 1912.

1,067,066, Patented July 8, I913.

Inventor Attorneys 7 Witnesses nn'rrno fra'rne @FFKQE BERTIE SA'WYER, O]? EMPIRE, GEORGIZ romaine.

To uf MAO/FL: f1 may concern tie it luiown that L llicn'rni Sawyer, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bar pn-e. in the county ofl'ludge and State of thgorp ia. have invented a new and useful QottotrPlanter, of which the following is a HPL-ll fica-tion.

This invention relat e to cotton planters and more particularly to mechaniem for transmitting motion from the supporting wheel of the planter to the seed agitating lzfltll'itllt within the seed hopper.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide improved means; constantly under the control of the operator, whereby the lransn'iission of power 1 to the means can be controlled.

With the foregoing and other objects in View wliiichwill appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the coinhr.

an enlarged sec- 1 non 'tln'cugh the pow *r controlling mecna- Iiisin-,.e:rid section being taken on 't-he linc A-I 1 1. lflgud: 15 an elevation of a h. portion of the Sprocket of said mechanism. lrig. 5 is aper. "active vieivof the front end of the frame and showing the means provided for coni'iccting the furrow opener to the frame.

teferring' to the figures by characters of reference, i dcsagnates a .sccd box or hopper rear ends of side incur e forwardly and "are sec ircd to opposite sides of blocks 3 having recesses in their inner facce, as indicated at t, there being a central block 33 interposed bclwccu the recessed faces of the blocl zs 3 and provided, at its front end, Witha clevis 43. The several blocks are connected to the hide members 2 by means of bolts 7 or the like extending" transversely 'therethrough, these bolts being adapted to be tightened norm-ml between the Specification of Letters Iatent.

agitating the vinvention has been is a side ele-' corron-rnnn'rnn.

so as to bind the blocks upon parallel standtheir lower ends, with a furrow opener .l. A wheel. 10 is mount ed between the side strips 2 back of the furrow opener '9 and its axle 11 is adapted to rotate and siilpports the side strips or members 2. sprocket 12 secured to one end portion thereof. said sprocket beingadapted'to transmit sprocket 1 4. This-last. named sprocket is mounted. to rotate loosely upon a shaft 15 extending through the lower portion of hopper or box 1 and having seed agitating arms 18 is secured to'and rotates with the shaft 15 and has a transverse opening 19 therein ad aQent lts periphery and m which a couof openings 21 extends transversely into the sprocket 14 and any one of these opening-s is adapted to receive the pin when the pin is projected beyond the disk 18. That end of the pin 20 which projects beydnd the outer face of disk '18 has a collar 22 which is preferably integral therewith. The longitudinally slotted end port-ion 23 of an arm is loosely engaged by the outwardly projecting end portion of pin 20 and bears against. the collar 22, the said arr-n being held at all times in engagement with the pin by a nut 25 or the like engaging the end of the pin. ArnrQ-l extends from rocker 26 mountedon the side of the hopper 1 and held loosely thereto by Stud 27. A spring 28 connects the arm to the side of the hopper QDdSQIVOS to hold said arm ncrmallv' normally into engagement with the sprocket moved from arm 25 has a cross. head 2!) slidably engaged by a lever ilO. This lever is fnlcrumed at one end on the arm it, as shown at. 31. and ite other end portion is adapted to be placed in engagement with either of a pair of notches 32 formed in an arm 33 outstanding from the hopper 1. Springstrips 34- are secured, at their forg;g d ends, to the lower faces of the side strips 2 close to the bearings of the axle 11 and these stripe extend rearwardly and thence downwardly and are seeurci'l. at their rear ends, to a. levelingboard 3:) such as is commonly employed in connection with cotton planters. An shown in Fig. lthe spring ltatented July 8, i913. Application filed March 5. 1912-. Serial No. 681,698.

arda S which. are. extend-ed through the re-' ceases 4. 'lhesestandards are provided, at.

This axle has a 16 or the like extending therefrom. A diekpling pin 20 slidably mounted. A series pressed against the collar 22 and the pin 20-:-

motion, through a chain .13, to .another' 14. That end of the rocker 2G farthest. -1-o strips are normally out of contact with the side strips except at their points of attachment thereto. Handles 36 may be connected to the hopper 1 and extended upwardly and rearwardly therefrom.

It is to be understood conditions the pin 20 is pressed by spring 28 into engagement with the sprocket 14,

said pin resting within one of the openings 21. Thus it will be seen that when the V planter is moved forward wheel 10 will transmit motion through chain' 13 to sprocket 14 and, as the sprocket is coupled to the disk 18 by means of pin 20, it will be obvious that the shaft 15 and the agitating arms 16 will thus be rotated. During this rotation of the disk 18, the pin 20 will oscillate arm 24 upon its pivot 27, the lever being, at the same time,,oscillated by the arm 21, said lever being at this time mounted within the outer notch 32.- Should it be desired to stop the rotation of disk'18 and shaft 15, it is merely necessary to disengage the lever 30 from the outer notch and to press the lever inwardly toward the hopper 1 so as to bring it into engagement with the inner notch 32. Said lever will thus press on the head 29 and cause the arm 24 and the rocker 26 to shift on the stud 2' 7, the free end of arm 24 pulling outwardlynn the pin 20 and causing it to withdraw from the to one side of the drive element, a coupling pin slidable transversely through said memher, there being openings within the drive element any one of which is adapted to receivethe pin, a rocker mounted adjacent the said member, a longitudinally slotted arm extending from the rocker and engaging the pin a head upon the rocker at that end re- Copies of this patent'ma; be obtained for that under normal five cents each, by addressing the Washington, D. 0.

mote from the arm, a lever fulcrumed upon the arm and slidably engaged by the head,

and means for 'holding the lever against lateral movement, said lever constituting means for hearing a ainst the head to tiltthe rocker and withdraw the pin from engagement with the drive element irrespective of the angle of the arm relative to the lever.

2. The combination with a shaft, a revoluble drive element loosely mounted thereon, and a member secured to and revoluble with the shaft, said element having a plurality of apertures, of a wrist pin slidable transversely within said member and only seated in one of the apertures, a rocker, said rocker having a longitudinally slotted arm engaging the wrist pin, a pivot device engaging the middle portion of the rocker, a lever fulcrumed upon the arm, a head upon the rocker at that'end remote from the arm and slidableupon the lever during the oscillation of the arm by the rotating member and wrist pin, and means for adjustablyengag ing and supporting the lever to limit the tilting movement of the rocker and arm.

3. The combination with a revoluble drive element having a plurality of apertures, a revoluble member adjacent thereto, and a pin slidable transversely,within the member and normally seated in one of the apertures to couple the members together, of a rocker, a pivot device, engaging an intermediate portion of the rocker, an arm extending from one end of the rocker and having a longitudinal slot into which the pin projects, a head at the other end of the rocker, a lever fulcrumed on the arm and bearing against the head, said head being adapted to reciprocate upon the lever during the oscillation of the' arm by the rotating pin carrying member, and means engaging the lever for holding it pressed against the head to tilt the rocker and arm and withdraw the pin from the rotating element.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of'two witnesses.

BERTIE SAW'YER.

\Vitnesses \V. J. 'lmrr, Jun. L. t nivnv.

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